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Stop Saving the Planet?

How Big Business Broke Recycling (And Blamed You)

We need to rethink “reuse, reduce, recycle”. Based on the book by Jenny Price.

Aired 04/25/2024 | Rating NR

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Stop Saving the Planet?

How Big Business Broke Recycling (And Blamed You)

Episode 5 | 9m 48s

We need to rethink “reuse, reduce, recycle”. Based on the book by Jenny Price.

Recycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled and the companies that push for recycling are the ones often generating the most emissions and waste in the first place. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at how we have been told to “reduce, reuse, recycle” to shift the responsibility from companies to the individual.

Aired 04/25/2024 | Rating NR

FromDigital Studios

Stop Saving the Planet?

How Big Business Broke Recycling (And Blamed You)

Episode 5 | 9m 48s

Recycling has been the gold standard for fighting pollution for decades. But most plastics can’t be recycled and the companies that push for recycling are the ones often generating the most emissions and waste in the first place. Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant looks at how we have been told to “reduce, reuse, recycle” to shift the responsibility from companies to the individual.

Aired 04/25/2024 | Rating NR

FromDigital Studios

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